Fountain-pen.



L. H. LLOYD. FOUNTAIN PEN; APPLICATION HLBD 111:0. 2z, 1908.

Patented July 20, 1909.

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Wi hwooeo LOUIS HENRY LLOYD, OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS.

FOUNTAIN-EEN.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented July 2o, 190e.

Application filed December 22,1908. Serial No. 468,742.

`To eli whom 'it may concern: 4

Be it known that I, Louis HENRY LLOYD,

a citizen of the United States of Arnerica,'

dull and clear specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- 1 Figure 1 is a pers ective view of the pen as itappears in use lig'. 2 is a' sideelevation with the guard-tube incross-section, theA guard-tube being adjusted to stop the feed andprotect thepen; Fig. 3 is a similar view to Fig. 2 on a section throughthe guard-tube taken at a different angle; and Fig. 4 is a transversesection on the line 4:--41 of Fig. 2.

The object of this invention is to rovide simple means for entirely stoping t e feed when the penis not in use an also to provide an improvedguard-sleeve for roteeting the pen while not in use, as more fu lyhereinafter setl forth.

Referring to the drztwings by reference characters a, designates anopen-ended tube adapted to freely slide on the pen-body and providedwith a pin b at its upper end which works in a longitudinal guide groovec formed in the pen-barrel. At eachend this groove is extended laterallyto form a re'verse curve c whereby the guard-tube may be locked ateither end of the pen-barre When the uard tube is locked at the upfperend of the iarrel it is out of the way an when locked at the lower endof the barrel it projects far enough beyond the point of the pen toprotect the same.

A small metal collar or band d is fastened to the pen-barrel at or nearits lower end and made lntegral with this band is a pair of i springclamping i'ingers e, e,` which extend forwardlyone over the toV of thepen and the other underneath the eed-tube. These spring arms normallytend. to spring away from the pen and the feeder, I'es'ectively, butthey are so curved that when t e guardtube is slid forwardly intoposition the inner Wall of' the tube iinpinges against both arms andforces them toward each other, causing thein to clam the pen and thefeeder/tightly but resilicntlp together and thus prevent leakage lof inr' while the pen is /out of use. The finger e which bears against theback of the pen is referably bifurcated, as shown, to embrace t e nibsof the pen and hold them closely together while they are pressed againstthe feeder.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A fountain pen provided with a pair of spring clamping fingersextending forwardly from its ,forward enc and means on the penbody forclamping said fingers, respectively, against the baelr of the pen-pointand the under side of the feeder.

2. A. fountain en provided with a pair of spring clamping ingersextending forwardly from its forward end, 'and moans-on. the penbody forclamping said fingers, respectively, against vthe b'aek of the pen-pointand the under side of the feeder, said means eonsisting of a guard-tubeslidably mounted on the peinbody. Y

In testimony whereof I hereunto aiiix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses this 12th day of Dee; 1908.

` LOUIS HENRY LLOYD. ``VVitnessesz l E. ABRAHAM, I. P. LAUenLrN.

